The praised Bashpozuk cavalry let out a strange cry, and the head of the Cossack cavalry, which had been held in their hands, was also thrown into the air.

And the behavior of the Bashpozouk cavalry made Major General Conrobert, who was already somewhat disgusted with their style, even more dissatisfied, and Major General Conrobel had already subconsciously equated the Bashpozouk cavalry with barbarism.

Although Major General Conrobert was disgusted with the behavior of the Bashpozouk cavalry, he did not interfere with it, because the experience of fighting in the province of Algiers had taught him not to be too demanding of civility.

Because the cultures of Europe and Arabia are very different, if we hastily replace Arab culture with European culture, we will inevitably have some unnecessary conflicts of ideas with them.

Major General Conrobel, unwilling to cause a split in the camp, simply ordered the Bashpozuk cavalry to pick up the heads of the Cossacks, and then ordered them to return to the camp.

When the Bashpozouk cavalry returned to the camp at the beheid of Conrobel, Major General Conrobel, who was standing in place, fell into deep thought.

This was the second hand-to-hand encounter between the Allied and Cossack forces, and the first confrontation between cavalry and cavalry, through which Major General Conrobert clearly felt the decline of the Russian Imperial Army.

The Cossack cavalry unit is probably no longer the red Grim Reaper who shuttled between blood and fire during the Napoleonic Wars.

The decline of the army brought about by the decline of national strength is vividly demonstrated in the Russian Imperial Army.

A hunch told Major General Conrobel that it would not be long before their force would come into a head-on confrontation with the Russian Imperial Army.

Major General Conrobert then ordered Jérôme. Captain Patterson summoned the British, Saxon and Turkish commanders to his tent.

Jérôme who received the order. Captain Patterson saluted Major General Conrobert and turned to leave.

That evening, after explaining the situation to the commanders of the three regiments, Major General Conrobert deployed missions to them one by one.

"Guys, I hope you can cheer up for the next battle!" Major General Conrobel said coldly to everyone present: "The next battle may be beyond our imagination. ”

After hearing Conrobert's words, the commanders of the British, Saver and Turkish countries also cheered up.

At the end of the meeting, a battalion from Juaf and a battalion from the Scottish Muskets entered the trenches, tasked with preparing for a possible night raid by the Russian army.

On the other hand, General Gorchakov, who led the Cossack cavalry unit in a hurry, returned to the camp where the Polish Corps was stationed, and was greeted by Brigadier General Orlov Jr., commander of the 1st Division of the Polish Corps, and Major General Scherdel, commander of the 2nd Division.

"Deputy Commander Gorchakov!" Brigadier General Orlov Jr. and Major General Sherdel shouted in unison as they looked at General Gorchakov on horseback.

"Let's go, let's go inside!" After dismounting and handing over his horse to the guards on the side, Gorchakov gave a brief reply to Brigadier General Orlov Jr. and Major General Sherdel.

Immediately, the three Gorchakovs entered the exclusive camp of Brigadier General Orlov Jr.

Sitting on a chair in the tent, Gorchakov told Orlov and Sterdel about the trenches, spikes, barricades, and barbed wire he had seen outside the camp in France.

"This time, we are facing a different enemy than the Turkish army! They're tougher than we thought, so I hope you're prepared! Gorchakov said solemnly to little Orlov and Sildel.

Brigadier General Orlov Jr. and Major General Sheldel also had solemn expressions on their faces after hearing the arrangement of the coalition troops.

"Your Excellency, Deputy Commander, how many of them are there? It is only up to the ability of our armies to eat them! Little Orlov asked in a cautious tone.

"I don't know the size of this vanguard force, but based on the size of their camp, it can be inferred that their size is about 7,000-8,000 people! (In fact, the vanguard force had a total of 6,400 men, including 1,000 cavalry.) Gorchakov responded cautiously.

"Our two divisions have a total of 32,000 people, plus a 1,400-man Cossack cavalry regiment, which means that we have a total of 33,400 troops in our hands!" General Shierdel counted the existing strength and said with a smile: "If the number of this vanguard force is calculated according to 8,000, it means that the gap between us and this vanguard force is about 3 to 1!" Your Excellency Deputy Commander, I propose to use the existing superior strength of our army to implement the tactic of encircling but not attacking this vanguard force, so as to wear down the will of this army, so as to avoid unnecessary casualties caused by our army's strong attack, and after the enemy's will to fight is completely eliminated, our army can eat away at this lone army little by little! ”

Silder believed that with an absolute superiority of three to one, it was clear that besieging without attacking was the best tactic.

"No way!" Brigadier General Orlov Jr., who was on the side, shook his head, he did not agree with General Scheldel's idea.

Brigadier General Orlov Jr. thought that behind this vanguard there must be a much larger coalition force heading here.

If the Polish Corps were not able to defeat the Allied vanguard as soon as possible, the Polish Corps, and indeed the Danube Corps, would be in danger of being flanked from both sides once the follow-up forces of the Allied forces arrived on the battlefield.

The Polish Legion had to annihilate the coalition vanguard as quickly as possible, using their destruction to deter the coalition forces and buy time for the attacking forces at the fortress of Silistra.

Brigadier General Orlov Jr. also believes that the defensive positions that the coalition forces have built up in such a short period of time are certainly surprising, but they also show that the defensive positions themselves are nothing more than the product of hastiness.

Its defenses were far less fortified than the fortress of Silistra, and the Imperial Russian army could capture the position in a very short period of time, provided they were willing to pay a price in casualties now.

At the same time, Brigadier General Orlov Jr. hoped that the headquarters near the fortress of Silistra would be able to transfer two artillery regiments to them, so that they would have enough capacity to attack the fortified position and at the same time avoid heavy casualties.

Faced with the request of Brigadier General Orlov Jr., Gorchakov shook his head and said: "Commander Paskevich will not agree to transfer two artillery regiments here, he must capture Silistra as quickly as possible!" ”

Compared with the annihilation of this vanguard force, the capture of the fortress of Silistra was indeed a more important task.

If it is not possible to capture the fortress of Silistra, then the Russian Imperial Army may have only one way to retreat.

"Then we can only rely on our infantry units to fight our way out!" Little Orlov frowned and said in a heavy tone.

"yes!" General Sterdell also nodded in agreement.

Subsequently, Gorchakov gave an order to the two division commanders present: "I plan to launch an offensive against the coalition camp at seven o'clock tomorrow morning, division commander Orlov !!!" ”

"In!" Brigadier General Orlov Jr. straightened up and responded in a sonorous voice.

"This offensive battle is in charge of your first division!" General Gorchakov said to Brigadier General Orlov Jr.: "I need to see results in the shortest possible time, listen clearly!" ”

"Understood! I will definitely overcome this nail planted on the flank of our army in the shortest possible time! Brigadier General Orlov Jr. replied to General Gorchakov with a hideous look on his face.

"Good!" General Gorchakov nodded in satisfaction, and then asked General Sheldel to prepare the reserve of the 1st Division under Orlov Jr., and to take over the 1st Division at any time to fight with the Allied forces.

……

As the darkness receded and the morning sun broke through the hazy fog and slowly rose from the east, a large army was slowly approaching the camp of the coalition forces.

The soldiers of the Juaf regiment stationed in the trenches hurriedly informed Brigadier General Bazin of the camp, who turned around and ran to the camp of Major General Conrobel to report the situation.

Major General Conrobert, who heard Bazin's report, had a look of surprise on his face, although he had expected the attack of the Russian Imperial Army, but he did not expect their attack to be so fast.

"Got it!"

Major General Conrobert nodded to Brigadier General Bazan, and then unhurriedly changed into his uniform and walked out of the camp.

When Rear Admiral Conrobert arrived at the trenches, Jérôme. Captain Patterson, Colonel Somerset, and others had been waiting around the trench for a long time.

"Binoculars!" Major General Conrobert held out his hand to Jérôme. Patterson said.

Jérôme. Captain Patterson handed the telescope to Major General Conrobel, who saw a gray shadow in the distance within the lens, which grew larger and larger, and soon occupied the entire lens.

This group of Slavic soldiers, dressed in gray uniforms, was slowly walking towards the camp in the form of a phalanx, led by their commander.

Judging from the number of phalanxes, the number of this group of troops should be at least 3,000 people, or even more......

"Prepare the troops, and as soon as the Russian army is close to the range, give me a hard blow!" Anti-Nobel against Jérôme beside him. Captain Patterson said.

Jérôme. Captain Patterson immediately mounted his horse and gave Conrobert's orders to every battalion in the trenches.

As time passed, the Slavic army crossed the trap and gradually approached the barbed wire, and the soldiers who stayed in the trenches, each of them focused on the Slavic soldiers, and when their company commander gave them an order, they would teach them a hard lesson with bullets, and the shame of the Napoleonic wars was revealed.

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